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Friday, November 2, 2012

Essie Where's My Chauffeur Review and Comparison

This is the only polish I picked up from Essie's Winter Collection. Where's My Chauffeur is described on Essie's site as an "Opulent Turquoise". Opulent means ostentatiously rich and luxurious.

Where's My Chauffeur applied pretty streaky and thin. I needed 3 coats to achieve this look. Even though many of my Essie polishes have a formula like this, I still like them because the end result is worth the trouble. This is such a pretty and vibrant turquoise and I love it so much. It's a really bold color on the nail.

I took a chance when buying this because I was worried that I would have a dupe at home. It turns out, I don't have many dupes. I didn't want to ruin my manicure by comparing them on the nail, so I painted the comparisons on a nail wheel.

As you can see above, Where's My Chauffeur is a lot more blue than the other turquoise/mint polishes I have. The closest would be China Glaze For Audrey. Today I will remove the polish on two of my nails and throw For Audrey on for comparison on the nail. Many of you have "For Audrey", so I'm thinking by the swatches above, you wouldn't need Where's My Chauffeur. I'll let ya know...I just swatched them on my nails and they aren't dupes. For Audrey is lighter and a tad more green. Where's My Chauffeur is more bold and blue.

I so have this entire collection and I cannot wait to swatch. I beg to differ. When everyone was raving about China Glaze For Audrey I was a bit perplexed. Every way I look at it ( in the sun, artificial light, in the dark, with my eyes closed) it looks like a mint green to me. Not a true Tiffany blue. Essie gives me everything I need; it's in fist place with For Audrey a distant second.

I'm excited to try them next to each other on the nail - I guess that will be the true test for me. On the swatch wheel they look very similar, but it can look different on the nail. I love For Audrey and I'm loving this too:)

I feel like lots of people don't like this type of shade for winter...but seeing it here, especially with your nail shot with the sweater, I will definitely be wearing this for winter time! I love all these seafoam shades and have a lot of them...I'm bringing them back out for winter! :)